Monte-Carlo Masters: Jarry books spot in last 16
Nicolas Jarry edged out Alexei Popyrin 3-6, 7-5, 6-4 on Wednesday. He’ll face Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas, the second seed, in the next round
Chilean Nicolas Jarry edged out Australian qualifier Alexei Popyrin 3-6, 7-5, 6-4 to advance to the last 16 of the Monte-Carlo Masters at Monte-Carlo Country Club on Wednesday.
Jarry, ranked No 58, will play Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas, the second seed, next.
The Chilean beat Croat Borna Coric, the No 15 seed (6-2, 6-3) in the previous round of the Monte-Carlo tournament.
In the previous round of the Monte-Carlo tournament, Popyrin, ranked No 94, won against Serb lucky loser Dusan Lajovic (7-6 (1), 6-3).
Monte-Carlo Masters, other second-round results (Monte-Carlo Country Club, clay, EUR 5.779.335, most recent results first):
- Dominic Thiem vs. Holger Rune
- Francisco Cerundolo vs. Matteo Berrettini
- Taylor Fritz vs. Stan Wawrinka
- Daniil Medvedev vs. Lorenzo Sonego
- Ilya Ivashka vs. Karen Khachanov
- Diego Schwartzman vs. Jannik Sinner
- Grigor Dimitrov vs. Jiri Lehecka: wednesday
- Lorenzo Musetti (16) beat Luca Nardi (Q): 6-0, 6-0
- Casper Ruud (4) beat Botic van de Zandschulp: 7-5, 7-6 (1)
- Jan-Lennard Struff (Q) beat Alex De Minaur (14): 6-3, 6-2
- Alexander Zverev (13) beat Roberto Bautista Agut: 6-4, 6-4
- Stefanos Tsitsipas beat Benjamin Bonzi: 4-1 ret.
- Hubert Hurkacz (10) beat Jack Draper: 6-3, 6-7 (3), 7-5
- Novak Djokovic (1) beat Ivan Gakhov (Q): 7-6 (5), 6-2
- Andrey Rublev (5) beat Jaume Munar: 4-6, 6-2, 6-2